The article discusses the key issues for primary care that emerge during cancer survivorship phase and proposals in which pathways of follow-up care could be amended to improve outcomes for patients. It indicates the need to change the way follow-up care is delivered since cancer patients are a high-risk cohort for medical morbidity and their risk factors may also be risk factors for other diseases. It cites the need for primary care to prepare for changes in the delivery of follow-up care.

Background: The fast growing demand and the shortage of resources are pushing toward more efficient models of survivorship care delivery. The Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica (AIOM) established an interdisciplinary working group with the purpose of promoting organizational improvements...

Background. In the Netherlands, GPs performed euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in âˆ¼1 of 10 end-of-life cancer patients in their care. Of all explicit requests for EAS directed at GPs, âˆ¼44% resulted in EAS. However, the suffering of patients who do and do not request EAS...

Background: The incidence of cancer as well as survival rates for it are increasing. It is debated whether care in the chronic phase of cancer can be positioned in primary care due to doubts about capacity and workload.Objective: To estimate GPs' extra consultation time...

Background: Appropriate follow-up care is important for improving health outcomes in breast cancer survivors (BCSs) and requires determination of the optimum intensity of clinical examination and surveillance, assessment of models of follow-up care such as primary care-based follow-up, an...

Background: Appropriate follow-up care is important for improving health outcomes in breast cancer survivors (BCSs) and requires determination of the optimum intensity of clinical examination and surveillance, assessment of models of follow-up care such as primary care-based follow-up, an...